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W. H. SOMMER COLLECTING Box FOR WIRE DRAWING LocKs Filed May 11, 1923 2Sheets-Sheet 1 INYENT DE..

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Filed May 1l, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INYENTDE- Patented Jan. 26, 1926.

UNITED STATE-s PATENT. oFFlcE.

WILLIAM H. SOMMER, OFPEORIA, ILLINOIS.

l l i COLLECTING BOX FOR WIRE-DRAWING BLOCKS.

Application filed May 11, 1923. l SerialI No. 638,265.

To LZZ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, VILLIAM H. SOMMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and vuseful Improvements in Collecting Boxes for fire-Drawingl Blocks, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention has reference to a collecting box for wire-drawing-blocksand 1t has for its principal object to provide a closure such block orblocks are located; whereby the atmosphere inl such drawing roo-m, iskept comparatively 'free of the smoke, dust and gases and healthconditions thereby improved for the men who are engaged lin such drawingoperations. y

The invention has for a further object to Aprovide a collecting box `forwire-drawingblocks which is designed to collect smoke, dust and gasescreated bythe drawing operation and to eject the same from thewiredrawing-room through a suitable liue, such collecting box alsoremoving the hazard due to the wire-drawing operation vby preventing thewire drawer from getting his fingers, hands or arms caught in the wire,and practically compelling the wire drawer to stop the block wheninspecting the drawn wire in the event the assumption arises that thedrawn wire is not smooth or of standard gauge, and to prevent thewhipping of the tail end of the wire as a bundle is completed byretaining the tail end of the wire within the collecting box, therebypreventing the otherwise whipped wire being thrown against the operatorand endangering his body or limbs.

The invention has for a further object to provide a collectingvboxforwire-drawingblocks'designed to vcollect dust, smoke and gases created bythe wire-drawing operation and to expel the same therefrom through avflue leading into the open air; said box also collecting and expellingthrough the flue the.

heat due to thel wire-drawingV operation within the box and therebyreducing the temperature within the drawing-room which is intensified bythe use of a multiplicity of blocks without the provision of a box ofthis character, resulting in working conditions being uncomfortable tothe men particularly during the warm weather.

A further object of the invention is the provision of such a collectingbox for wiredrawing-blocks which may comprise an individual bo-x foreach block connected with an individual yflue as' illustrated inadivisional application hereof bearing Serial No. 726,059, or in theprovision` of a housing divided into compartments, as herein shown onefor each block and each box connected with a discharging flue.`

In the application of the invention the same may be applied todrawing-blocks with or without stripping-mechanism for the bundles ofdrawn wire, provision being made for the removal and replacement of suchstripping-mechanism in the event of the use of same.

That the invention may be more fully understood', reference is had tothe accompanying drawings forming a part of this application,illustrating a'preferred embodiment of the invention in which: v

Fig. lis a front elevation partly broken away showing a part' of awire-drawing-bench withwire-drawing-blocks thereon in dotted lines andmy collecting box applied thereto, dotted lines showing the cover forone box ,or compartment in elevated position .YFigx 2 is a plan v iew ofFig.A 1 partly broken away.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view as the same would appear onthe line 3-3 Fig. 1, with the addition of a counter-balancing means forthe cover, and in dotted 'lines the cover removed andthestrippingmechanism in elevated position with the drawn wire thereon.

Like characters of reference denotecorresponding parts throughout thefigures.

Inasmuch as I have preferred to show the invention applied toawire-drawing-bench-v where the drawing-blocks are equipped with astripping-mechanism, reference may be had tothe patent issued to JohnSommer, May 2, 1922 for stripping-mechanism for wire- `drawing-blocksNo. 1,414,380, which vis the character of stripping-mechanismillustrated in dotted lines in the drawings forming a part of thisapplication,

In view of the knowledge existing with those skilled in the art to whichthis invention appertains as to the construction of wire-drawing-benchesand wire-drawingblocls thereon, as well as the means for rotating andcontrolling the rotation ot' such blocks and the drawing-dies, I havenot thought it necessary to more than outline such structures, as theirdetails of construction and mode of operation form no part ot thepresent invention. Suflice it to say that 1 designates a drawing-bench,2 the drawing-blocks thereon, each ot which in this instance is providedor equipped with a stripping-mechanism 4 of the characters shown anddescribed in the aforementioned Sommer lgatent No. 1,414,380, and dies5, one only of which is shown, see Fig. 2, the position of which in eachinstance would be the same throughout the sev-eral ligures of thedrawings.

Referring more particularly to the collecting box, reference being hadto Figs. 1, 2 and 3, 6 designates a housing designed to be supported onthe bench 1 and to enclose the drawing-blocks 2 thereon, each blockbeing preferably located within a compartment 7 formed within saidhousing by the partitions 8, best seen in Figs. 1 and 2. The iront andtop wall Jror each compartment 7 of the housing 6 comprises a toldablecover` and includes the :tront section 9 and the top section 10 hingedlyconnected to each other at 11 and said top section being hinged at itsrear edge at 12 to the housing to permit the cover to be raised up, backand away from the drawing-block and thetront of the bench, as shown indotted lines in Fig. 3, with the front section 9 folded against the topsection, as shown. The front section 9 of said cover is provided with anopening 13 :tor the insertion of a catch or lock 14 pivoted to the benchand adapted to removably secure the cover in the closed position shownin the figures and best illustrated in Fig. 3. The covers, including thesections 9 and 10 and the compartments 7 each have connected theretocounter-balancing mean-s for raising such covers when the latches or,locks are released, and also provided with means for returning thecovers to closed position. Such counter-balancing means comprise a rope15 connected with an eye 1G secured to the section 10 at or near itsfront edge, said rope extending up and back and passing over asheave-wheel 17 and secured to the counter-balancing weight 18. Alsoconnected with said Weight is a rope 19 passing over a sheave-wheel 20and a sheave-wheel 21 and has connected thereto a hand-hold or grip 22by means of which the wire drawer may return the cover to closedposition when desired. The open and closed position of the cover, thecounter-balancing and associated means is best shown in full and dottedlines in Fig. 3. There also being shown in dotted lines the stripper 4with a drawn bundle of wire thereon in an elevated position, having beenlifted into such position by hydraulic or other means, after the coveris raised into the dotted position shown in said Fig. 3. The frontsection 9 of each of the hinged covers is provided with a cut-outportion 23 at its lower edge, as shown in Fig. 1 and such cut-outportions ot the iront sections permits said sections to over-lie thedrawingedies 5 which are disposed at an angular relation thereto, seethe dotted lines in Fig. 2, the delivery ends of such dies being withinthe boxes as shown. Y

Connected with the housing 6 is a plurality of tlues 24, one for eachcompartment 7 with which they have Communication as shown in Fig. 3. Toeach lue 24 is attached a stop 27 with which the covers of thecompartments engage when they are raised into open position.

A. rod or wire having been passed through an opening in the die 5 isconnected in any well known manner with the block 2 and the latter beingset in motion, the smoke, dust and gases created by the drawingoperation, as well as the heat arising from such operation, is collectedwithin the collecting box housing the drawing-block, and draft beingcreated in the flue the same is drawn from the collecting box and passedout into the open air, which thereby prevents the distribution of thesmoke, dust and gases, as well as the heat within the drawing-room, allof which it is believed will be understood.

Anyone who is vfamiliar with wire-drawing operations knows that suchoccupation is a hazardous occupation, due sometimes to conditions overwhich no one Vin particular has any control, and in many instances dueto the inexperience ot wire-drawers or because of carelessness on thepart of both inexperienced and experienced wire drawers. The collectingbox which VI have devised is therefore not only a means ot carrying otfthe smoke, dust and gases due to the wire drawing operation but willprevent wire drawers from getting their fingers, hands and arms caughtin the drawn wire at the block and doing them bodily injury, as well aspreventing the tail ends of the drawnwire leaving the dies from whippingaround and doing bodily injury to the wire drawers. Vihatever whippingaction there may be is confined within the collecting box, as it isbelieved will be understood. Y

lt is comprehended by this application and a division thereof bearingSerial No. 7 26,059 that the collecting box may be provided withindividual units for each'drawing block, and l therefore do not wish tobe limited to the precise details of construction shown, except as thesame may be expressed by the claims.

That I claim is:

1. In combination with a Wire-drawingblock, of a collecting and safetybox for enclosing said block having an opening therein to receive adrawing-die and adapted to `collect smoke, dust and gases created by thedrawing operation, and draft-flue in communication with the interior ofsaid box for carrying the. smoke, dust and gases there from.

2. In combination with a wire-drawingblock, of a collecting and safetybox for enclosing said block having an opening therein to receive adrawing-die and adapted to collect smoke, dust and gases created by thedrawing operation, a draft-flue in communi-y cation with the interior ofsaid box for carrying the smoke, dust and gases therefrom, and aremovable cover for said box to permit the removal of drawn wire fromthe block.

3. In combination with a wire-drawingbench and a plurality ofdrawing-blocks and dies in spaced relation thereon, of a housing forsaid bench, thesanie being divided into a plurality of compartments, onefor each of said drawing-blocks to enclose the same and adapted tocollect smoke, dust and gases created by the drawing operation, a

draft-flue in communication with the interior of each compartment forcarrying the smoke, dust and gases therefrom, and a hinges cover foreach of said compartments,

4. In combination with a wire-drawingbench and a plurality ofdrawing-blocks and dies in spaced relation thereon, of a housing forsaid bench, the same being divided into al plurality of compartments,one for each of said drawing-blocks to enclose the same and adapted tocollect smoke, dust and gases created by the drawing operation, adraftflue in communication vwith the interior ofv ydrawing-die andadapted to collect smoke,

dust and gases created by the drawing operation, and a draft-flue incommunication with the interior of said box for carrying the smoke, dustand gases therefrom.

WILLIAM I-I.` SOMMER.

